Birds and windfarms: What are the real issues?

British Birds

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 194-204

  Percival, Steve M ^a  

^a Ecology Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; WIND FARM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 23844443477     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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